ABSTRACT

Children have become firmly embedded within multidisciplinary investigations of young lives, yet within these studies, the youngest members of past populations persist in lingering on the margins of discussion. Fetal, perinatal and infant lives are tangential; unable to articulate their thoughts and feelings, with their position and role in society typically a product of parental or wider social vectors, these individuals, their experiences, and their roles are complex to decipher. Yet as keepers of both biological and social data – regarding themselves, their mothers and wider community dynamics – these individuals are central in developing comprehensive narratives of infanthood in the past. However, a lack of methodologies for investigating these young lives has been a constant limitation. With recent advancements able to further our understanding of these early life courses, it is now pertinent to focus on fetal, perinatal and infant lives further.

摘要

儿童已经牢固地融入了对年轻人的多学科研究中，但是在这些研究中，过去人口中最年轻的成员仍然在讨论的边缘徘徊。胎儿，围产期和婴儿的生活是切线的；由于无法表达他们的思想和感情，而他们在社会中的地位和作用通常是父母或更广泛的社会媒介的产物，因此这些人，他们的经历和作用很难被解读。但是，作为生物和社会数据的保存者（关于他们自己，母亲和更广泛的社区动态），这些人在过去对婴儿期的综合叙述中起着中心作用。但是，缺乏调查这些年轻生命的方法一直是一个局限性。